Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat or almost truncate: specifically, in ichthyology, said of a fish-fin.
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The _first glume_ is very short about 1/4 of the third or less, semilunar, membranous, hyaline, subtruncate, obtuse or acute, generally nerveless, but rarely, obscurely
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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